Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...short biographical sketch of the late Charles W. Harkness of New York City, in whose memory the quadrangle was given, and the formal speech of President Hadley in accepting the prospective group of buildings comprised the chief events of the program. The invocation was given by Dean Charles W. Brown of the Yale School of Religion and the corner-stone was laid by Edward H. Harkness of New York, brother of the former New York business man to whom the buildings are to be a memorial. He was assisted in the formal setting of the stone in place by James...
...enrolment figures given out at the military office last night show that a total of 1028 men are at present enrolled in the University Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Only for a very short period last spring has the regiment been as large as this--a fact especially noteworthy when the number is compared with the enrolment figures of the College. That portion of the undergraduate body living in Cambridge, which naturally forms the bulk of the Corps, consists of slightly over 1200 students...
...first informal football game of the season will take place today when the University eleven meets Dean Academy at Franklin. The team has passed through a short period of introductory training, and, considering the material on hand, the result is satisfactory. In the two scrimmages of the past week the work of the backfield men, particularly F. C. Church '20 and A. Horween '20 has been especially prominent; in the line the work of the centre trio has featured. Coach Rollins stated last night that only straight football would be used, and that no attempt at an open game will...
...water-soaked ball in preparation for the game today with the Radio School on Soldiers' Field at 2.30. The three first teams were put through a long dummy scrimmage to perfect the plays and familiarize the men with the signals. Inasmuch as the contest will be only practice short periods will be played...
...many of its editors have been called into government service. No date for its appearance has been set as it will again be the aim of the editors rather to delay publication so as to insure an accurate and valuable book than to issue an inaccurate one within a short time. It is hoped, however, that it will appear by December 1, as last year...